Means for hinging water-closet seats and covers



(No Model.

W. BUNTING, Jr. MEANS FOR HINGING WATER CLOSET SEATS AND COVERS.

No. 559,993. Patented May 12, 1896.

ANDREW E GRAIMMPMOTOUTHU WASHINGTOMDC UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

IVILLIAM BUNTING, JR., OF FLUSIIING, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT ANDMESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO THE MEYER-SNIFFEN COMPANY, LIMITED, OF NEIV YORK,N. Y., AND THE STANDARD MANUFACTURING COMPANY,

OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

MEANS FOR HINGING WATER-CLOSET SEATS AND COVERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 559,993, dated May 12,1896.

Application filed March 18,1892. Serial No. 425,426. (No model) To (LZZwhom it may concern;

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM HUNTING, Jr., a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Flushing, in the county of Queens and State ofNew York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Means forHinging IYater-Oloset Seats and Covers, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention has for its main object to provide improve d means forhinging or pivotally connecting water-closet seats and covers.

In accordance with my improvements the hinging devices are madeadjustable in order that the seat and cover may be properly fitted tothe closet-bowl. Inasmuch as the closetbowls are set at differentdistances from the wall in different houses or apartments the provisionfor adjustment is of great advantage. The hinging devices areconstructed or shaped to be ornamental, also to permit of easy access t9and around the bowl for cleaning, dusting, &c., and also to enable theseat and the cover to both pivot upon the same pintle or axis of motion.

My invention consists in the features of construction and combinationsof devices hereinafter more fully described, and particularly pointedout in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly insection, of a watercloset seat and cover hinging mechanism made inaccordance with my invention, a wall, floor, and water-closet beingadded to the view to show the relationship or relative arrangement ofthe parts. Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view taken at the line az'of Fig. 1,omitting thewater-closet. Fig. 3 is a side sectional elevation of amodified form of bracket.

The same part will be found designated by the same numeral of reference.

1 represents a water-closet, which may be of any known or desiredconstruction, 2 awater-closet seat, and 3 a cover therefor, the seat andcover being preferably of oval shape. The seat is provided with feet 4:,which rest upon the top surface of the bowl of the closet when the seatis down, and the cover is provided with feet 5, which rest upon the seatwhen the cover is down.

At the rear side of the seat is attached by screws a base-plate 6,shaped to correspond with the curvature of the seat, from which projectsrearwardly, near each end, a perforated lug or knuckle 7, which receivesa transverse horizontally-arranged pivot-pin or pintle 8, formed at oneend of a curved or are shaped arm 9, whose opposite end is formed with ahorizontal shank 10, arranged to proj ect rearwardly, or at right anglesto the pintle. The said shank is fitted in a seat or bearing 11 in anarm or bracket 12, secured to the wall of the room by screws 13, passingthrough its base-plate 14:. The shank is secured to its seat or bearingin the arm or bracket by means of a set-screw 15, arranged in thelatter. The brackets 12 are parallel, while the arms 9 extendingtherefrom are bent or curved to project toward each other. Each curvedarm is provided with circular lugs or collars 16 and 17, the formerserving to limit the rearward movement of the arm by contacting with theend of the bracket and the latter operating to limit any lateralmovement of the knuckle and the seat to which it is connected.

The oppositely-disposed pintles 8 are elongated to serve not only forthe seat-hinge, but also as pivot-pins for the cover of the seat. On theunder side of the cover is secured by screws a base-plate 18, similar indesign to that on the seat, from which projects at either end an arm 19,extending rearwardly and terminating in an eye or knuckle 20, throughwhich the pintle 8 is passed. The knuckles S and 20 on each pivot-pinstand side by side, preferably in contact, and the parts are held inthis relationship by a nut 21, screwed onto the threaded end of thepintle. As the cover for the seat is preferably made of smaller sizethan the seat and occupies a plane above the plane of the seat-hingeline, the arms 19 are bent downwardly on a curve to match the contour ofthe seat-perimeter to enable their knuckle ends to be mounted upon thepintles of the seat-hinge, which simplifies and economizes inconstruction and at the same time affords a much better appearance.

As indicated at Figs. 1 and 2, the watercloset is'set against the walland the shanks 10 are fully inserted in their bearings. In cases wherethe closet is placed away from the wall the seat and cover may beadjusted relatively to the bowl by loosening the screws 15 and pullingout the shanks 10 the required extent, as indicated by the dotted linesat Fig. 3.

The brackets 11 at Figs. 1 and 2 are elongated ones, while the bracket14 shown at- Fig. 3 is a circular one. lVhen the elongated ones areused, I prefer to employ curved brace-rods; such as 22.

Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination of a water-closet seat provided with a-pair ofknuckles, a seat-cover provided also with a pair of knuckles arranged inthe plane of the seat-knuckles, a pair of brackets,-a pair of armsconnected to said brackets, and a pair of pintles on said arms at rightangles to said brackets and adapted to each receive one knuckle of theseat and one knuckle of the cover.

2. The combination of a water-closet seat provided with a pair ofknuckles, a cover for said seat also provided with a pair of knucklesand arranged to terminate in line with those of the seat, a pair ofbrackets or supports and a pair of adjustable arms provided each with apintle adapted to receive one of the knuckles of the seat and one of theknuckles of the cover.

3. The combination of a water-closet seat, a base-plate thereon providedwith the rearwardly-extending knuckles, the cover for said seat, thebase-plate thereon provided with the curved downwardly-extending armsand the knuckles, the hollow or tubular wall brackets or supports, theintermediate bent arms provided each with a shank and with a pint-1e thewhole being arranged in the manner sh own and described;

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of NewYork, this 16th day of March, A. D. 1892.

. \VILLIAM HUNTING, JR.

'itnesses:

RICHARD LAUKENAU, H. M. DICCANCE.

